Tailor&#39;s press.



J. HILL & K. KOSAG.

QAILORS PRESS. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13, 1908.

Patented Jan. 10, 1911...

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

JfHILL & K. xosio.

TAILORS PRESS. APPLIUATIOH FILED JUNE 13, 1908 Patented Jan. 10,1911

2 BHEETS-SHEET 2.

TAILOR/S PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 10, 1911.

Application filed .Tnne 13, 1908. Serial No. 438,255.

and in which a heated pressing or smoothin j .iron is carried by an overhanging crane and has universal movement in a horizontal plane over a fixed table upon which is supported a garment the seamsand other like" parts of which are to be pressed. .Andthe present improvement has for its object to provide a simple and efficient structural arrangementand combination of parts where by the pressing of the garment seams and the like is accomplished in a very ready andv effective manner, and with the exertion of a minimum amount of effort on the part of the operator, all as will hereinafter more fully appear. I

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1, is an end elevation. Fig. 2, is a detail horizontal section on linea2-.r, Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a detail longitudinal section on line w:c Fig.1. Fig. 4, is an'enlarged plan of the crane arm and accessories. Fig. 5, is a detail vertical section on line w ,w Fig. 4.. Fig. 6, .is a detail section on line a m Fig. 5.

Similar numerals of reference indicate. like parts in the several views.

Referring to the drawings, '1 represents the supporting stand, comprising a horizontal top and a plurality of supporting legs, and upon which the usual ironing board 2, of anelongated'oval form, is supported in the raised position shown in Fig. 1.,

3 is a vertical fulcrum member .secured centrally to the rear side of the stand 1, by angle brackets 4, with one portion extendin abovethe horizontal top of the stand to af ford a fulcrum for the crane hereinafter described, while the other portion of said fulcrum member extends'below such stand top.-

to provide a fulcrum for the operating, treadle hereinafter. described. Such flIlcrum member is formed of structural metal having an I form in cross section, and to which pi"ot knuckles 5 are. fixedly secured at the reapectivc ends. By such construe tion a very rigid, durable and economical fulcrum member is provided to withstand too excessive lateral strain imposed thereon in actual use. I

(5 is an overhanging crane pivoted in the .upper knuckle 5 of the fulcrum member.

aforesaid, and connected at its rear end-to the upper toggle member of the operating mechanism hereinafter described. At its forward end said crane carries the usual pressing or smoothing iron 7, which isconnccted to the forward end of said crane by a universal ,joint 8, preferably of the ball andsocket form shown in Fig. 1. In the present construction said crane is of a duplex formation and comprises a main lever portion 9 having pivotal connection with the fixed fulcrum member 3 by a horizontal pivot pin 10. Immediately adjacent to. such fulcrum connection said lever portion is formed with a pair of pivot jaws or knuckles between which the crane arm 11 carryin the smoothing iron 7 aforesaid, is pivoted by a vertical pivot pin 12 to have independinward movemen of said intermediate memher in the bore'of the tubular stock afores'aid,- and an outer cylindrical arbor fitting the CllCllfliII' bore of the intermediate mem- 'ber 14: and capable of'a turning movement therein, but held from independent longitudinal movement by a confining 'screw or stud 17 engaging in a peripheral groove in said arbor 16, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. At its outerend said arbor 16 carries the ball portion 8 of the ball and socket connection heretofore referred to, and by means of which the smoothing iron 7 "is attached to the crane 6 of the apparatus.

V 18 is the operating treadle, pivoted in the i lower end of the fulcrum member 3, and formed with an angularly arranged arm 19 which constitutes the lower member of the toggle portion of the operating mechanism hereinafter described.

20 is a'longitudinal rail on the stand 1,

adapted to'limit. the upward swing of the operating treadle aforesaid.

- point 21 is a U 20, and-embracing the operatingctreadle, to limit the downwardmovement of the same. The operating treadle and its tog 'le arm extension are formed of a length of structural metal, bent to the required shape, and provided with reinforcing blocks 22 at its of pivotal connection with thefulcrnm member 3 aforesaid; with a foot late 23 at its forward end, and with eye b o'ck's 24 at the upper end of its toggle arm 19 for pivotal connection with the upper and com- 'lever portion 9 panion. toggle member.

25 1s the upper toggle member, arranged between-the u per end of the lower toggle member 19 an the rarend of'the aforesaid of the-crane 2, and having a I I detail construction as follows:

26 is an n er end member formed with a pivot age 2 Wing pivotalengagement by. suita le ivot pm with pivot knuckles on before descri 36 a suitable pivot'pin of the lever ortion of the crane, ank 28 adapted to fit 'the bore of" the intermediate member hereinafter described, and having limited the rear en longitudinal movement therein by means of,

an elongated slot '29 in said shank and a transverse pin 30 carried by said intermediate member.

31 is-a lower end member formed with a;

pivot eye 32 having pivotal engagementby with the pivot eye blocks 24 on the u per end'of the toggle arm 19 ed, and with a screw threaded shank -33 adapted for engagement with the correspondingly formed bore of the hub of an ad usting hand wheel carried by the intermediiate member,

as hereinafter described. 34 is'the intermediate member above referred to, and which, is of a tubular form adapted to receive the shanks 28' and 33 of the end members aforesaid.

.wheel 35' is the ad'usting hand wheel having bearing on the ower end of aforesaid intermediate member by means of a sleeve extension 36 of its hub, and which sleeve extension 36 forms a bearin socket for the lower-end of said intc'rme iatc member as shown in Fig. 5, and is held in proper position b set screws 37. The hub of said li as a-screw-threaded bore for engagezment with the screw threaded shank 33, to

afford a means for effecting a longitudinal extension or contraetionof the toggle mem ber to suit the particular class of work operated on. v

38 is a spring cushion interposed between the lower end' of the upper member 26-afore- I and an abutment shoulder formed in said the interior of the tubular intermediate member 34, and adapted to provide ayiel'dshaped stirrup secured to the rail- 'vention, t

ing connection between the toggle parts so that the pressure exerted by the togg anism in actual use will never exceed the resistance of said spring cushion to compression. As so arranged very' effective prelssing and smoothing actions are attained wit 1 part of the operator.

39 is a coiled spring adapted to raise the operating treadle 18 into its raised position ready for operation by the foot of the operator.

In the referred form of the present in- 1e supporting stand 1 will comprise the usual horizontal table top, and a supporting frame formed by a pair. of wrought metal legs 40 having an inverted U shape, which legs are connected together by longitudinal wrought metalrails, and are braced and connected by intermediate vertical struts 41, diagonal braces 42, segmental braces 48 and horizontal struts 44, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

Having thus full described our said invention what we caim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination in a tailors press, of a table, a pressin board secured in a raised position on said table, a vertical fulcrum member attached centrally to the rear of the table and projecting above and below the same, an overhangin pivoted to the upper en of the fulcrum member and having a rearwardly projecting arm, a pressin iron carried on the forward end of said crane, a treadle lever pivoted to the lower end of the fulcrum member, an arm on the rear of the trcadle lever in angular relation to the same and constituting the lower member of a toggle, and an upper toggle member pivotally connected to the lower toggle member aforesaid and to the'rear arm of the crane, such upper log he membercomprising end sections having .pivot eyes and cylindrical shanks one of which is screw-threaded, an intermediate section receiving said,v shanks, a pin and elongated slot'forming a loose connection between the intermediate section and one of said shanks, and an adjnstin hub engaging the screw-threaded shanc aforesaid and having bearing upon the intermediate section.

e mechextensible crane v \Vitness our hands at Chicago, Illinois this 8th day of June, lQOS.

JOSEPH HILL. KALMAN KosAc,

In presence of- R anm' Burns, MA'Fms SKuL'rnLTY. 

